This
site
provides
information
on
Canadian
species
and
contacts
for
finding
species
data.
The
information
is
categorized
by:
Aquatic
Invertebrates;
Birds
(Aves);
Butterflies
(Lepidoptera);
Fish
(Agnatha,
Chondrichthyes,
Osteichthyes);
Molluscs
(Mollusca);
Mosquitoes;
Plants
(Plantae);
and
Reptiles
and
Amphibians
(Reptilia
and
Amphibia).
The
specimens
can
be
searched
by
listing
the
number
of
records
...
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Educators
and
students
can
explore
the
Great
Lakes
through
their
hydrology,
physical
and
chemical
properties,
dead
zones,
climate/weather
and
fish
habitat.
Data
for
this
website
has
been
compiled
by
the
NOAA-Great
Lakes
Environmental
Research
Laboratory
and
other
agencies
from
buoys,
satellites
and
other
monitoring
devices
and
has
been
customized
for
use
in
the
classroom
with
fewer
data
and
decimals
...
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The
National
Wetlands
Inventory
of
the
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
provides
information
on
the
characteristics,
extent,
and
status
of
U.S.
wetlands
and
deepwater
habitats.
In
addition
to
status
and
trends
reports,
this
site
contains
publications,
including
manuals,
plant
and
hydric
soils
lists,
field
guides,
posters,
wall
size
resource
maps,
atlases,
state
reports,
and
articles
published
in
professional
...
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These
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
publications
cover
issues
surrounding
trace
elements
found
in
streams,
ground
water,
reservoir
bed
sediment,
fish
tissue,
and
clam
tissue
across
the
US.
The
research
is
part
of
the
National
Water
Quality
Assessment
program
(NAWQA),
which
studies
31
metals
and
radionuclides
present
in
our
nations
water
resources.
These
include
arsenic,
lead,
zinc,
radon,
...
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Grade level:
High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

This
site
is
part
of
an
effort
to
improve
the
long-term
sustainability
of
resources
and
environments
of
large
marine
ecosystems
and
linked
watersheds.
For
each
large
marine
ecosystem
of
the
world,
a
general
description
and
information
on
the
productivity,
fish
and
fisheries,
pollution
and
ecosystem
health,
socioeconomics,
and
governance
is
provided.
The
site
also
contains
maps
of
the
world,
GIS
data,
...
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Grade level:
College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

The
National
Institute
of
Invasive
Species
Science
(NIISS)
supports
a
database
with
extensive
information
on
invasive
species
around
the
United
States.
The
data
on
individual
species
can
be
searched
by
scientific
name,
common
name
or
National
Resource
Convervation
Service
(NRCS)
Code.
There
is
also
a
geographic
search
that
allows
users
to
locate
invasives
by
state,
county,
National
Park
Service
unit,
...
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Grade level:
High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

Users can access an extensive array of information on coral reefs. Materials presented here include information on reefs in 131 countries, maps and photos, data on coral bleaching, an online mapping system, a bibliography of reef-related references, and downloadable datasets.
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

The
Environmental
Conservation
Online
System
(ECOS)
is
a
gateway
web
site
that
provides
access
to
data
systems
in
the
Endangered
Species
and
Fisheries
and
Habitat
Conservation
program
areas,
as
well
as
other
FWS
and
Government
data
sources.
ECOS
provides
a
central
point
of
access
to
assist
FWS
personnel
in
managing
data
and
information
as
well
as
provide
general
public
access
to
information
from
numerous
...
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The website for project OBIS-SEAMAP (Ocean Biogeographic Information System - Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations). Marine mammal, seabird and sea turtle data are organized into a spatially referenced database. The site allows you to map species ranges and also features a wealth of species profiles. The data sets contain survey information dating back to 1935.
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

This data tip from Bridge, the Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center archive, focuses on learning about the effects of commercial harvesting of sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) on their abundance and distribution. Data is provided for samples collected in the Virginia Beach and Hudson Canyon areas of both closed and open fishing areas, northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
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